神戸には人生初ですね。南京町にやって来ました。中華料理はおいといて、昼食は是非神戸牛をと所望した我々一行ですが、土曜日の昼下がりは色々な言葉が飛び交い通りを埋め尽くす人達で身動きがとれないほどの混み具合です。
やや人通りの少ない脇道的な位置にある間口一間半の小さなお店です。（入口が格子戸とは認識できませんでした）
一番人気の【神戸牛ステーキ重 極上赤身】を店員さんに背中を押され注文です。お重を埋め尽くすレアな神戸牛、真ん中にはニコちゃん的な生卵とワサビを添えて、これは間違いないでしょう。味噌だれ、塩、ステーキダレをお好みで使い分けて食べれば旨味がにじみでる牛肉の味。神戸牛赤味寿司を中トロにグレードアップしたのは正解でした。目の前でバーナーに炙られて表面は温かく香ばしく一口で頬張れば、至福の時が訪れるのです。奮発したかいがありました。
(Translated by Google)
This was my first time in Kobe. We arrived in Nankinmachi. Leaving Chinese food aside, our group was determined to have Kobe beef for lunch. However, on a Saturday afternoon, the street was packed with people, almost impossible to move, and a flurry of different languages circulated everywhere.
The restaurant is a small, 1.5-meter-wide restaurant located on a somewhat deserted side street. (I didn't realize the entrance was a lattice door.)
The waiter urged me to order their most popular item: the Kobe Beef Steak Rice Bowl with Premium Lean Meat. The box was filled with rare Kobe beef, topped with a smiling raw egg and wasabi in the middle—a surefire hit. The beef oozed with flavor, complemented by miso, salt, and steak sauce. It was a perfect choice to upgrade to medium-fatty Kobe Beef Lean Sushi. The sizzling sushi, seared over a burner right in front of me, had a warm, fragrant surface, and each bite was a moment of pure bliss. It was well worth the splurge.
